We weren't alert enough to take a photo of the White Cliffs of Dover as we sailed past early in the morning!
View from our stateroom |
The gangway crew readies to extend to our disembarkation point |
St George's Tower Clock (2010 to the 1836 design) (KSS) |
4 St Georges Street survived the 1942 bombing because of its steel structure, although the façade was rebuilt post-war |
4 Longmarket was rebuilt in a style to show influence of the French-speaking Walloons who were given refuge, along with other Protestant groups, by Queen Elizabeth I |
This was to be our best view of Canterbury Cathedral, which is entirely walled-in, seen from Butchery Lane |
The continuation of St Georges Street is the Parade |
Sun Fire Office on the site of an early fire insurance company (est 1710) at a time where those with insurance placed a symbol on their house so that the firefighters knew which houses to save |
A typical Tudor half-timber house with retail on the ground floor and rooms to let for medieval pilgrims coming to Canterbury Cathedral in those times |
Overhanging floors of upper stories are the result of paying taxes for the house footprint on the ground and not the extra space created by extended floors of upper stories |
Stone remnants of a pilgrim hostel mentioned by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales |
Memorial to the Royal East Kent Yeomanry (1794-1921) who fought in South Africa (Boer War, 1900-1901) and World War I |
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge (1897-1899, by A H Campbell to house the collections of Dr James G Beaney as well as a museum and the library) |
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge entrance portico where the pigeon is either impaled or it is sitting comfortably in front of bird repellent spikes |
Kent Fire Service Coat of Arms displayed at the former firehouse; Invicta/Undefeated is the motto of the English county of Kent in which Canterbury is located |
Around the base of the Chaucer statue are relief carvings of the 29 pilgrims, plus animals and objects from The Canterbury Tales |
People who contributed to the project had their faces given to the pilgrims; Orlando Bloom was supposed to be a young squire, but I guessed wrongly |
Eastbridge Hospital (late 1100s as a place of hospitality for pilgrims coming to honor Thomas a Becket) was later used as a school that Christopher Marlowe attended |
View from Eastbridge down the Great Stour |
In the distance is a replica ducking stool, used to punish "scolds" and other unruly persons, but not witches |
Unboxed Kent - a zero waste (no plastic or packaging) shop at 10 St Peters Street (KSS) |
Unboxed Kent: containers for laundry detergent or cleaners, which can be refilled (KSS) |
Oops, the guide is turning right, so a quick shot of Westgate (c 1379), a medieval gatehouse in walls that date back to Roman times (c 300 CE) |
Marlowe Memorial (1891) with a statue (by Edward Onslow Ford) of the Muse of Poetry; the statuettes depict actors playing roles created by Christopher Marlowe |
Marlowe Theatre (2009-2011, by Keith Williams) |
Kent chats with Dave Legge aka Dave Lee, a British comedian and pantomine star (statue 2013, by Dominic Grant) who is remembered for his philanthropy |
59 Palace Street is the legendary site of the signing of the contract to hire the Mayflower ship for the Puritans' voyage to the New World |
The Little Inn (1503) on Sun Street was made famous by Charles Dickens in his writings about travel through Kent |
Canterbury War Memorial (1921) in memory of those who fell in the Great War |
Scaffolding covers Christchurch Gate (1517) |
Guards prevent anyone except those attending services into the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral (KSS) |
Mmm, chimney cakes made from sweet yeast dough wrapped around a cylinder |
"Food trucks" include the chimney cakes, coffee and Thai food |
White Cliffs of Dover from the motorcoach |
There is a network of tunnels in the cliffs, and here are the headquarters of the military Operation Dynamo |
Next: Dover, England.
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